He reached out and touched the jade-like city wall, although he felt that the ice was cold and no drops of water melted. Old Salty Fish and a group of sailors laughed when they watched him twist his fingers in the back: "Boss, we have already tried, and the walls of Xuanshui City can't be melted at all. ”

Zhang Zhao tried it a few times, and sure enough, "Isn't this ice?" The old salted fish approached and explained to him: "The Xuanshui Ice on this ice field can't be burned with fire, and the entire Xuanshui City is built on a piece of Xuanshui Ice, and jade can be grown under the ice, and the Xuanyu bed that the owner wants to buy is made of that thing." ”

The entire Xuanshui City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the end of the ice field behind the city is also a boundless sea, and merchants have to travel by boat. The old salted fish found a place to mooring the ship to anchor, and then took Zhang Zhao straight to the exchange in Xuanshui City.

Although the weather was cold, the city was full of bustling people, and it was many times more lively than the Xuanmu City Market. The old salted fish took Zhang Zhao to turn around and walked out of the crowd to a tall white pavilion.

"This is the Jade Tower. The old salted fish pointed to the inside and said to Zhang Zhao: "I used to come to Xuanshui City, and those owners bought jade beds from here and went back. However, they all went to the town to change hands or transported them to other cities to sell, and never bought them for their elders like the owner. ”

The two stepped into the Jade Building, and a guy in a gray leather robe greeted them: "Old Salted Fish, you have changed the owner again this time?"

"I want twenty of the best jade beds. The guy was a little surprised when he heard this: "Little owner, is it that the old salted fish didn't make it clear to you, even those big merchants from the Xuanshui area only transport ten jade beds at most in a boat, not to mention that you want the best, the price is not low, and it is better to be safe at sea." ”

Zhang Zhao looked back at the old salted fish: "Uncle Yu, how many immortal crystals do you need for the best jade bed?" The old salted fish said like a few treasures: "There are three kinds of jade beds, one is made of ordinary jade, which can emit a glimmer at night, although it is beautiful, it is the cheapest, as long as it is a high-grade immortal crystal." ”

"One is a warm jade bed, the color is pure and warm, it is most suitable for a cold place like Xuanshui City, and a jade bed has ten high-grade immortal crystals. The best thing we can buy is nephrite bed, warm in winter and cool in summer can drive away all kinds of diseases, and the jade is smooth and soft not as good as the first two jade beds, even if you don't make a futon, you can sleep all night, but you need a superb fairy crystal. ”

Zhang Zhao seemed to have another meaning in his words: "Uncle Yu, what do you mean by us people?" The guy smiled and said: "Don't be surprised by the little owner, the best Xuanyu beds in our Zhuoyu Building are only about 100 every year, and they are all ordered by Tianwaicheng early. So you can't buy it for any amount of money. ”

Zhang Zhao understood after hearing this: "Since this is the case, I will buy twenty nephrite beds." The guy suddenly straightened his eyes: "Wait a minute, the little proprietor, I'll call the shopkeeper to come out." ”

After a while, an old man in a black fox fur robe hurriedly ran out: "Have you seen the little owner, do you want twenty nephrite beds?" He saw Zhang Zhao nodding and arching his hand: "Please don't blame, two days ago, several merchants came to Xuanshui City to leave dozens of beds, and now there are less than five nephrite beds left in our building." ”

Seeing Zhang Zhao frowning, he hurriedly smiled and explained: "Please wait for three or five days, and I will ask the craftsmen to speed up their thinking, and at most five days can make twenty nephrite beds." When Zhang Zhao heard this, he was relieved: "Yes, please ask the shopkeeper to bother more, and we will come back to pick up the bed in five days." ”

The old salted fish took Zhang Zhao to a few pearl coral shops, although these things were finely broken, they did not take up much space on the boat, and they were sold for a lot of profits. Zhang Zhao was dazzled and found that the pearls here were not only much better than those sold in Xuanmu Domain, but also surprisingly low in price.

Only then did he understand why many people had to take great risks and cross the ocean to Xuanshui City to sell goods, and the price of many rare things would increase more than ten times as long as they were transported out of the sea. In contrast, trafficking in jade beds is not the most lucrative business.

The old salted fish saw his thoughts: "The owner, although these things are very profitable, the jade bed has always been the safest business, and you can double the income when you cross the sea to the town over there, and the pirates will not have any thoughts when they see thousands of catties of jade beds." ”

He pointed to the pearl coral: "This thing requires a lot of effort, not only do you have to find a buyer yourself, but you also have to bear a lot of risk." No matter how much bandit is on land or on the sea, what kind of bandit likes to pay attention to this kind of thing, and a little rumor has leaked it